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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

🇺🇸United States
Ownership
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Established
1872-01-01
Employees
1.3K
Market Cap
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Website
https://www.vt.edu/
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NIH awards will fund Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome research

NIAID awards $3.2M for research on Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS), aiming to understand its causes and improve diagnosis and treatment. PTLDS affects 10-20% of Lyme disease patients with lingering symptoms. Research may also shed light on related chronic illnesses like Long COVID and ME/CFS.
nbcnews.com
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Lyme Disease symptoms: Why some recover fast and others do not

New research links elevated interferon-alpha levels in blood to chronic Lyme disease symptoms post-antibiotic treatment, suggesting a potential treatment pathway. Despite the study's small scale, it shifts understanding from bacterial persistence to immune response as a cause for lingering symptoms. The need for better diagnostic tests and treatments is emphasized.
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